A single claim here dates back to 1992, from a law enforcement officer who was patrolling the 1700-1800 block of Manatee Avenue in Bradenton. He claimed to see a Victorian-era man in all black clothing, with a very pale, white face for about 2-3 seconds, who then disappeared and was nowhere to be found.

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The area in question also had/has quite a few Goths, who frequent the nearby tattoo parlor, The Moondance Gothic nightclub a few hundred feet away, and other places. There was also a grade Z horror movie filmed in the area a few years later called “Vampire Biker Babes”. Mystery solved.

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